What Employers Need to Know about Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation

Proskauer has released a white paper on “What Employers Need to Know about Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.” As you may know, on April 14, 2016, the European Parliament approved the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which will replace the EU’s current data privacy standard and begin to apply on May 25, 2018. This paper provides a broad overview of the ways in which the GDPR will change data protection regulations across the EU, focusing on employee data and how it is treated differently from consumer data. This paper also highlights key areas of change from the current state of the law and suggests proactive steps an employer may take to better prepare for May 25, 2018. This is meant as a guide to assist employers with planning for and achieving compliance before the May 25th deadline. EU data privacy is an enormous challenge for multi-national companies, and many U.S. based companies doing business in the EU are struggling with what they need to do in order to get into compliance with the GDPR with respect to collecting, processing and transferring employee data. To read Proskauer’s full white paper titled, “What Employers Need to Know about Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation” please click here.